Month 26. I'm the guide today
Nino's pupils are visiting old Tbilisi, and she has asked me, the Canadian, to be their guide, in Georgian. Twenty teenagers are waiting for my first sentence.
Today: review unit 18 by giving a guided tour.
Goal: you will give a short guided tour of Georgia.
Course progress: lesson 180 / 200
LIMBA audio course · Georgian
This written course gives you the grammar, the words and the script. The LIMBA audio course trains your ear and your mouth: you listen, you repeat, you answer — the perfect complement to these lessons.
Download the Georgian audio courseOrder form · your download link arrives by emailMonth 26. I'm the guide today
Nino's pupils are visiting old Tbilisi, and she has asked me, the Canadian, to be their guide, in Georgian. Twenty teenagers are waiting for my first sentence.
Today: review unit 18 by giving a guided tour.
| Georgian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება! | k'etili iq'os tkveni mobrdzaneba! | welcome! (literally "may your coming be good") |
| გიდი | gidi | guide |
| წყარო | ts'q'aro | spring (of water) |
| დააარსა | daaarsa | he/she founded |
| უჭირავს | uch'iravs | he/she holds |
| თასი | tasi | cup, bowl |
| ხმალი | khmali | sword |
| მტერი | mt'eri | enemy |
| იუბილე | iubile | anniversary, jubilee |
The pronunciation is written in English letters, following Georgia’s official romanization. Say every letter: a as in father, e as in pet, i as in machine, o as in port, u as in rule; r is rolled; g is always hard; kh as in Scottish loch; gh a soft gargled g, like a French r; sh as in shop; zh like the s in pleasure; ch as in church; ts as in cats; dz as in adze; j as in jam. An apostrophe marks a “popped” consonant, said with a little click in the throat and no puff of air: k’, p’, t’, ts’, ch’, q’ (q’ is made deep in the throat). Without an apostrophe, k, p, t, ts, ch have a small puff of air. Use the Pronunciation button at the top to hide or show it.
| topic | key phrases | lesson |
|---|---|---|
| the alphabet | მეხუთე საუკუნეში; რომლითაც ვწერთmekhute sauk'uneshi; romlitats vts'ert | 171 |
| Rustaveli | რაზეა ეს პოემა?; რასაცა გასცემ…razea es p'oema?; rasatsa gastsem… | 172 |
| Tamar | 1184 წლიდან 1213 წლამდე მეფობდა1184 ts'lidan 1213 ts'lamde mepobda | 173 |
| wine | ყურძენს კრეფენ; ქვევრები ჩაფლულიაq'urdzens k'repen; kvevrebi chaplulia | 174 |
| the supra | გაუმარჯოს!; ალავერდიgaumarjos!; alaverdi | 175 |
| songs | 1945 წლიდან ცეკვავს1945 ts'lidan tsek'vavs | 176 |
| Mtskheta | თქმულების მიხედვით; ვაზისგან იყოtkmulebis mikhedvit; vazisgan iq'o | 177 |
| regions | აღმოსავლეთში; ყველას ერთმანეთის ესმისaghmosavletshi; q'velas ertmanetis esmis | 178 |
| proverbs | სტუმარი ღვთისააst'umari ghvtisaa | 179 |
| phrase | meaning |
|---|---|
| კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება!k'etili iq'os tkveni mobrdzaneba! | Welcome! |
| აი, … / ეს … არის.ai, … / es … aris. | Here is … / This is … |
| პირველად … აშენდა.p'irvelad … ashenda. | It was first built … |
| თქმულების მიხედვით, …tkmulebis mikhedvit, … | According to legend, … |
| … წელს დადგეს.… ts'els dadges. | It was put up in … |
უჭირავსuch'iravs ("he/she holds") is an inversion verb like აქვსakvs: the holder is in the dative, the thing held in the nominative: > ერთ ხელში თასი უჭირავსert khelshi tasi uch'iravs. | In one hand she holds a cup.
The statue ქართლის დედაkartlis deda was put up on Sololaki Hill in 1958, for Tbilisi's 1500th anniversary, by the sculptor Elguja Amashukeli. Her cup and sword sum up the Georgian character: wine for friends, a sword for enemies.
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This written course gives you the grammar, the words and the script. The LIMBA audio course trains your ear and your mouth: you listen, you repeat, you answer — the perfect complement to these lessons.
Download the Georgian audio courseOrder form · your download link arrives by email